Resilient wheel.



A. H. PELOUBET.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.6,1910.

Patented June 28, 1910 Quorum Q Vi/bn cows "UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

BESILIENT WHEEL.

Patented June 28, 1910.

Serial No. 553,773.

962,975. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 6, 1910.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER H. Pinion- BET, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Newark, in the county ot Essex and State ot New Jersey, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Resilient Wheels; and I do hereby declare the tollowing to be a tull, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference had being to the accompanying drawings,

in pairs being adapted to overlap one another, as shown in Fig. 2 ot the drawings, and the lugs upon said springs adapted to have sliding movements in the slots E as shown. In order to hold said springs interlocked, nuts E are mounted upon the threaded ends of the lugs as shown. Each ot the inner 0t said leat springs is provided with a lug E near each end and each lug E is adapted to receive one end ot a coiled spring F, the other end being held by means ot a bolt G to the telly A by means of nuts F. Said leat springs may be ,ot any length, extending especially about the circumference ot the telly, and co-act with the coiled springs to torm resilient means tor taking u vibration. Said rings or bands are provided with elongated slots K at intervals and tubular shells N pass through said slots in which they are guided. Bolts N pass through said tubular shells and have nuts N mounted upon their threaded ends, while the heads N ot said bolts bear against the marginal edges ot one of the bands or rings and serve to cooperate with the nuts and bolts passing through the telly to hold the plates in parallel relation and spaced apart.

\Vhen the parts ot the wheel are assembled as shown in Fig. 2 ot the drawings, it will be noted that the rubber is allowed to yield under pressure, the limit ot its yielding movement being determined by the length ot the slots in which the tubular shells have a play. In the event ot the outer portion ot the tire yielding between the bands B a sufiicient distance, marginaedges ot said bands or plates, which are preterably thickened as shown by letter T, will serve as means tor preventing the wheel trom skidding or slipping sidewise. By the combination ot the springs mounted as shown and described, vibratory movements will be absorbed and a wheel produced which will have practically the same effect upon the vehicle to which it is mounted as would the ordinary pneumatic tires and at the same time avoid the inconveniences ot the pneumatic tire incident to punctures, etc., and greatly reduce the expense ot automobile and other vehicle wheels.

What I claim to be new is 1. A resilient wheel comprising a telly, circular outlined plates tastened thereto and spaced apart, a cushion tire movable between said plates, means tor tastening the tire to the latter and allowing the tire to and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and usetul improvements in resilient wheels tor vehicles, the object in view being to dispense with thepneumatic tire commonly employed and substitute theretor a means which will take up vibration and obviate the use of pneumatic tires and expense incident to the use thereot.

My invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements ot parts which will be hereinatter tully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation ot a portion of a wheel made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view longitudinally through the wheel. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. i is a detail perspective view of the meeting ends ot leat springs torming a part ot the device.

Reterence now being had to the details ot the drawings by letter, A designates a telly 0t wood or metal and with a flat tire surface and to which spokes A are fastened which radiate from the hub A B, B designate circular outlined rings or bands which are held to said telly by means of bolts B passing through registering apertures in the telly and plates, said plates adapted to torm guide means tor the yielding tire C, preferably ot rubber, in one piece or in sections as may be desired. Fastened to each other in pairs at diiterent locations are the leat springs D and D, the outer ot said leat springs being provided each with an elongated slot E and the inner ot sai springs having lugs E integral therewith, the ends of said springs which are arranged yield and be guided by the plates, leaf springs arranged in pairs and fastened together, the ends of the pairs of springs overlapping one another, said springs provided With registering slots, a lug adjacent to corresponding ends of one leaf spring of each pair and adapted to be guided in said registering slots, and coiled springs interposed between said leaf springs and felly.

2. I resilient Wheel comprising a felly, circular outlined plates fastened thereto and spaced apart, a cushion tire movable between said plates and provided With slots, open-ended tubular shells positioned one in each of said slots, bolts mounted in registering apertures in said plates and passing through said shells, leaf springs arranged in pairs and fastened together, the ends of the springs overlapping one another and provided With registering slots, a lug fastened to the corresponding ends of one leaf spring of each pair and adapted to be guided in said registering slots, and coiled springs interposed between said leaf springs and the felly.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER H. PELOUBET. lVitnesses \VM. D. DALRYMPLE,

Janus CRUso. 

